Polvorones"Dust Balls"

1. Creami butter; then cream in sugar and salt until light and fluffy.
2. Add nuts and vanilla, blend in flour gradually and mix thoroughly.
3. Shape into balls or cres cents, using walnut-sized lump of dough for each.
4. Bakei on ungreased cookie shee t at 325 degrees for 15 - 20 minutes, until bottom is just beginning to brown.
5. Cool slightly, then roll in more powdered sugar.
6. These cookies have many names: butterballs, Russian teacakes, etc. In New Mexic o, they are polvorones which is Spanish for dust balls.
7. Marylin Owens PK Lake.